temea

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Swahili

Verb

-temea (infinitive kutemea)

  1. Applicative form of -tema: to spit on
  2. to spit on (to show contempt)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -temea
Positive present -natemea
Subjunctive -temee
Negative -temei
Imperative singular temea
Infinitives
Positive kutemea
Negative kutotemea
Imperatives
Singular temea
Plural temeeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutemea
Positive past positive subject concord + -litemea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutemea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natemea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatemea/natemea tunatemea
2nd person unatemea mnatemea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatemea wanatemea
other classes positive subject concord + -natemea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -temei)
Singular Plural
1st person sitemei hatutemei
2nd person hutemei hamtemei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatemei hawatemei
other classes negative subject concord + -temei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatemea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatemea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -temee)
Singular Plural
1st person nitemee tutemee
2nd person utemee mtemee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atemee watemee
other classes positive subject concord + -temee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitemee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetemea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetemea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitemea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitemea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atemea)
Singular Plural
1st person natemea twatemea
2nd person watemea mwatemea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atemea watemea
m-mi(III/IV) watemea yatemea
ji-ma(V/VI) latemea yatemea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatemea vyatemea
n(IX/X) yatemea zatemea
u(XI) watemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatemea
pa(XVI) patemea
mu(XVIII) mwatemea
Perfect positive subject concord + -metemea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatemea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatemea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitemea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotemea
Consecutive katemea / positive subject concord + -katemea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katemee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitemea -tutemea
2nd person -kutemea -watemea/-kutemeeni/-watemeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtemea -watemea
m-mi(III/IV) -utemea -itemea
ji-ma(V/VI) -litemea -yatemea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitemea -vitemea
n(IX/X) -itemea -zitemea
u(XI) -utemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutemea
pa(XVI) -patemea
mu(XVIII) -mutemea
Reflexive -jitemea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -temea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -temeaye -temeao
m-mi(III/IV) -temeao -temeayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -temealo -temeayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -temeacho -temeavyo
n(IX/X) -temeayo -temeazo
u(XI) -temeao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -temeako
pa(XVI) -temeapo
mu(XVIII) -temeamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -temea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetemea -otemea
m-mi(III/IV) -otemea -yotemea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotemea -yotemea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotemea -vyotemea
n(IX/X) -yotemea -zotemea
u(XI) -otemea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotemea
pa(XVI) -potemea
mu(XVIII) -motemea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.